If the mushrooms sprouting all over town due to recent rains make you want to nibble on them, Don't do it!

Some wild mushrooms are toxic enough to kill you, and people who can't tell the difference have no business eating fungus harvested from the front yard, experts say.

"The only safe place to gather mushrooms is the grocery store unless you get some training," said Brian Shaw, an associate professor of plant pathology and microbiology at Texas A&M University in College Station.

Mushrooms are fungi, and fungi constitute an entirely separate kingdom of life, separate from plants and animals, Shaw said.

"They reproduce by making microscopic spores, and you can find them anywhere at any time," he said.

They require abundant water to grow, so rain typically brings them out.